Improvement in finger-shields for penmen



' tlnitc @fr/W i@ 'tatea @mail Warsaw CHARLES N. BRAINERD, OF HART FOR-D, CONNECTICUT.

' Leners Patent No. 88,942, dated Apta 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FINGER-SHIELDS FOR PENMIEN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all Iwhom 'it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. BRAINERD, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penmans Assistant; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it, reference being had to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the' figures.

The nature of this invention consists in a finger-pad, made of any suitable material, having an elevation, to receive, or steady the finger, or ngers, which rest upon it, the object of which is to steady the hand while the device glides freely over the surface of the paper.

'In the accompanying drawings are shown top and edge views of this invention.

a is a finger-rest, or plate which lies upon and moves freely over the surface of the paper, by the action, or impulse of the hand.

c are elevations formed upon the upper side of .the plate a. These elevations are susceptible of being made in a variety of shapes, or forms, as fancy may suggest.

The object of this elevation is to receive, or enter between the fingers, to hold, or prevent the finger from sliding off of the plate a, and also, in some cases, to aid in keeping the hand in a more erect position.

By the use of this device, the penman is provided with a valuable assistant, by which he is enabled to dispense with a sheet of paper for the hand to rest upon in the common way, and enables -him to steady and move his hand freely over the surface of the paper being Written upon.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage of this invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same therefrom.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The finger-pad, constructed with the plate a and elevation c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

O. N. BRAINERD. [1.. s.]

Witnesses:

E. W. BLISS, J. W. Buss. 

